Comments on: Using built-in, embedded and streamed fonts in Silverlight

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:42:09 +0000

Great post! I am trying to embed a custom font in my navigation application(SL3). Any idea why it won’t work within this framework? Even when I create a new project using the application framework template and just change the fonts, it won’t work. It works beautifully using the same font/method in other non-application framework apps.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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By: Mike Stokes

Mike Stokes — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:07:02 +0000

I agree – Silverlight is awesome but needs text rendering at least as good as Flash. Flash developed by design orientated company = awesome text rendering… Silverlight developed by academics = awesome tool but they don’t get the need for beautiful/perfect apps?

By: pc.de fonts

pc.de fonts — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:17:18 +0000

I think you should do more posts like this one.Nice write up-simple and easy to follow.

By: Mike Stokes

Mike Stokes — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:48:11 +0000

Agreed George – Silverlight has a long way to go to catch up with Flash text rendering. I think the Silverlight team is mostly developers, which is why the technology is cool but the designer aspects e.g. typography leave a lot of room for improvement.

By: Gergely Orosz

Gergely Orosz — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:59:57 +0000

Mason: rendering itself is even indeed far from working as decent as it should and Silverlight 4 didn’t seem to improve this engine. Who knows… maybe Silverlight 5?

By: Mason Brown

Mason Brown — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:48:09 +0000

Too bad Silverlight’s font engine still doesn’t support kerning, negative-line heights, or good anti-aliasing. Until Microsoft fixes that stuff I’m not interested in using streamed fonts.

By: » Using fonts in Silverlight: evaluating the options - Greg Does IT

» Using fonts in Silverlight: evaluating the options - Greg Does IT — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:35:09 +0000

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